變天

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	day; sky; heaven
trad. (變天)		變	天
simp. (变天)		变	天
anagram		天變／天变

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biàntiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ tin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-thian / piàn-thiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biàntiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biàntian
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-tʻien¹
    • Yale: byàn-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianntian
    • Palladius: бяньтянь (bjanʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ tin¹
    • Yale: bin tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-thian / piàn-thiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: piàn-thian / piàn-thinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pierntiefn, pierntvy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰiɛn³³/, /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰĩ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

Verb

變天

1. (of the weather) to change

   要變天了！／要变天了！  ―  Yào biàntiān le!  ―  Looks like it's going to rain!

2. (figurative) to undergo a significant political change; to stage a comeback; to restore the reactionary rule

Synonyms

• (to change): (Min Nan) 反天 (fǎntiān)